John Coleman (1706 - bef. 1763)

Born 26 Sep 1706 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Reliance (Paine) Coleman — married 5 Aug 1736 (to 11 Jun 1742) in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary (Hamblin) Coleman — married 25 Aug 1743 (to before 1 Mar 1763) in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 1 Mar 1763 before age 56 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

John Coleman was born on 26 September 1706 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of James and Patience (Cobb) Coleman.^[1][2]

He married first Reliance (Paine) Cobb, the widow of Eleazer Cobb, and daughter of Joseph and Patience (Sparrow) Paine. They married in Barnstable on 05 August 1736.^[3][4]

Patience died on 11 June 1742 in Barnstable.

John married as his second wife, Mary Hamblin, on 25 August 1743 in Barnstable.^[5][6]

John Coleman of Barnstable, yeoman, died intestate; administration on his estate was granted to Mary Coleman, widow, on 1 Mar 1763.^[7][8] His inventory was taken on 01 April 1763, although it was not totaled, it was valued at approximately £70, of which £35 was the value of "two thirds of the house and land adjoyning". The inventory contained the normal household goods, books, livestock & husbandry tools, etc., also a shoemaker's bench, and £13 in "wages due".^[9]

Children by first wife Patience:

1. Martha, b. 19 Jun 1737
2. John, b. 29 Oct 1738
3. Mary, b. 11 May 1740

Children by second wife Mary:

1. Mary, b. 05 Aug 1744
2. Thomas, b. 08 Nov 1747
3. Nathaniel, b. 17 Sep 1749
4. Zaccheus, b. 24 Feb 1751
5. Reliance, b. 26 Apr 1752

Sources

1. ↑ Early Vital Records of Barnstable Co., MA to about 1850, Barnstable Town Vital Records CD Publication: Search & Research, Wheat Ridge, CO, 1997, Barntable Records, Vol. 1, p. 406.

   "James Coleman married Patience Cob [dau of James Cob]

   his Son Edward born ye 25 of Octor. 1695

   his Daughter Martha born ye 4 of March 1698

   his Daughter Thankful born ye 7th of Feb. 1699

   A son born ye 26 of Febry. & Died that Day 1702

   James his Son born ye 11[4?] of April 1704

   John ye 26 of Septr. 1706

   Patience Coleman ye 6 of May 1709

   Ebenezer ye 15 of August 1711"

2. ↑ Amos Otis and revised by C.F. Swift, compiler, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families (Barnstable, MA: Goss Publishers & Printers (The Patriot Press), c1861 (revised 1890)), p. 196, citing Barnstable Vital Records, Vol. 1, p. 206.
3. ↑ Early Vital Records of Barnstable Co., MA to about 1850, Subject: Barnstable Town Vital Records CD Publication: Search & Research, Wheat Ridge, CO, 1997, Barntable Town Records Vol. 2, p. 339.

   "Persons Married by the Revd Mr Joseph Green

   John Coleman & Reliance Cob Aug 5 1736."

4. ↑ Amos Otis and revised by C.F. Swift, compiler, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families (Barnstable, MA: Goss Publishers & Printers (The Patriot Press), c1861 (revised 1890)), p. 196
5. ↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection, Publication: NEHGS, Boston, MA, 2001, citing VRs Vol. 2:358.

   "John Coleman and Mary Hamlin Married Aug: 25 : 1743 [Persons married By John Thacher Esqr 1732.]"

6. ↑ Amos Otis and revised by C.F. Swift, compiler, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families (Barnstable, MA: Goss Publishers & Printers (The Patriot Press), c1861 [revised 1890]), p. 197.
7. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, 1763 Coleman, John. Letters Admin: Records 10:121(2)
8. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, William Brewster of the Mayflower, and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Patience(2), Mayflower Families in Progress (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001), p. 179.
9. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, 1763 Coleman, John.Inventory: Records 12:337

See also:

• Philip L. Cobb, A History of the Cobb Family (Cleveland, OH, 1907)